The United Nations Office at Geneva actively supports and fully participates in the work of the IRENE programme (Informal Regional Network of Non-Governmental Organizations with Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council, NGO Section/Department of Economic and Social Affairs), which was launched in Tunisia to cover many new and restored democracies in Africa (January 2002) and in Bulgaria for the Eastern European countries (May 2003).
El programa se puso en marcha en Túnez para extender sus actividades a muchas democracias nuevas o restauradas en África (enero de 2002) y en Bulgaria para los países de Europa oriental (mayo de 2003).